Top seed Lu makes semis after Wang retires in Kaohsiung

By Tony Phillips / Staff writer

Lu Yen-hsun hits a return during his match against Jimmy Wang yesterday at the OEC Kaohsiung ATP Challenger in Greater Kaohsiung.

Photo: Huang Chih-yuan, Taipei Times

Top seed Lu Yen-hsun progressed to the semi-finals of the OEC Kaohsiung ATP Challenger yesterday, but perhaps not in the way he would have wanted, after his opponent Jimmy Wang retired at the end of the first set.

World No. 64 Lu took the opening set 6-4 after which fellow Taiwanese Wang, the No. 8 seed, called it a day.

It was Lu’s seventh win in 11 matches against the 151st-ranked Wang and it earned him a semi-final showdown today against No. 6 seed Matthew Ebden of Australia, who breezed past South Korea’s Lim Yong-kyu 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour yesterday.